An American Crime backdrop

An American Crime poster

Quick Info

Rating

7.3/10

Release2007

Runtime1h 37m

StatusReleased

Budget$2,000,000

RevenueN/A

Production

First Look International

Killer Films

John Wells Productions

Movie

An American Crime

2007

1h 37m

7.3

Crime

Drama

Horror

Synopsis

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

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